Curtis Melton Stanton Jr.

Curtis Milton Stanton Jr. was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, on August 2, 1947, and passed away 4:46 a.m. September 3, 2017, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Walla Walla, Washington. A visitation will be held at Burns Mortuary of Pendleton from 10-2 on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Funeral service to be held on Saturday, September 16, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. at Beatty Valley Gospel Mission (Beatty Church), 42726 Walnut St., in Beatty, Oregon. Lunch to follow.

Curt was a strong family man, he kept all his family close to his heart – always remembered everyone’s birthdays. He was loved by so many. In his early days, he was a logger and choke setter working in the southern Oregon woods and Happy Camp, California, area. He worked for a time in Chiloquin with the Forest Service and Archie Area digging for artifacts. He lived with his mom in Portland for five years until she passed, then lived with his sister Lee before moving to Pendleton where he resided for 18 years.